Legal Opinion
Nowlin v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 28, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2015-0524Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DWAYNE ANTHONY NOWLIN, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:15-cv-00524 (CRC) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Dwayne Anthony Nowlin was incarcerated by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (“DOC”) from August 2013 to March 2014. In this lawsuit, Nowlin alleges that while transferring him between facilities, several corrections officers attacked him without cause, beating and kicking him and spraying his eyes with pepper spray. Am. Compl. ¶¶ 8–11. He claims he was then placed in administrative…
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